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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CRG" data-source="post: 259675" data-attributes="member: 5867">If you've played any simulation game using miniatures, etc. including fantasy miniatures enough times you realize the fundamental gambits mentioned in the beginning are essentially valid.  Sure, you have magic or weapon types that are over-powered based on their real world equivalents.Your goal should NOT be to mimic what someone thinks you should do because "long bows are better than crossbows".  Your goal should be (over time) to understand from the rules, etc. what the strengths of each are.  Once that is known, you can still flank, support or whatever you think is best.  In general, using fantasy games or wargames the sides are balanced or evenly matched.  This eliminates one large set of possibilities where you can bring in troops that simply outnumber or outclass the other side.  Instead, you have to assume that in general you'll have the same basic potential.   From that point you have to figure out what your opponents strengths are and attempt to exploit range advantages you may have or melee strengths you may possess over different portions of his army.  Maybe you have more mobile strength than does your opponent, the key at that point is trying to use that to maneuver into a position where you can cause the most damage/rout.This is all predicated on the concept of a fair battle.  If you're battle and the troops involved are all determined without using any balancing method (ie, this is what happens in real life) then it is likely that one side will have overwhelming advantages.  However, in most of our D&D games we want to see "typical" medieval-fantasy battles...there is no use even calling it a battle when the dracolich just decides to mop up the humie army because it simply CAN.As far as game feats go, don't forget the "Hold the Line" or whatever the heck feat was in Dragon Lords of Melnibone.  Useful in formation fighting.</blockquote>

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